@AuManufacturing’s editorial series, Frontiers in additive manufacturing, looks at an Australian innovation for printing surfaces that borrow from nature. Brent Balinski speaks to Henry Bilinsky of MicroTau. (A podcast of the interview is available at this link, and through Spotify and other platforms.) As in the examples of Carbon Revolution and Tritium –…
By Peter Roberts When the dust settles on this federal election someone had better do a stocktake of the hundreds of grants that have been sprayed around the manufacturing sector – public money shovelled out the door at a rate never before seen – all with no transparency, little process and no accountability whatsoever. The…
The progress of high-tech battery success story Li-S Energy is one example of the region’s manufacturers developing smart solutions for international customers, according to the Geelong Manufacturing Council.
RPFC acquires pet supplement startup Real Pet Food Company (RPFC) has announced the acquisition of pet supplement business People for Pets, which was founded in 2021 and “built by a team of former Blackmores and P&G executives.” RPFC is investing alongside founder/shareholder/employee Gabriel Perera, who said, “This is an exciting partnership for People for Pets…
The Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong has announced the appointment of David Buchanan as its new CEO, replacing Jennifer Conley.
Comment by Peter Roberts Victorian senator Kim Carr has announced he will not be re-contesting his seat in the senate in the upcoming election, with his departure a sad loss to Australian public life and especially to the battle to value innovation and manufacturing in national policy. Carr has been rather unfairly characterised by his…
Victoria’s Deakin University is to develop a high-tech augmented and virtual naval firefighting training system for the Australian Defence Force. The federal government has signed a $5.13 million contract with Deakin to continue its development of the cutting-edge system in partnership with technology companies Kellogg, Brown & Root and FLAIM.. The immersive training system for…
From lighter, longer-lasting road tankers to restorative dental materials to intelligent propeller blades, Professor Ganga Prusty has built teams that have built impressive new products out of composites.
Cochlear implant company Hemideina raises $10 million. A second Australian cochlear implant player Hemideina has emerged to compete with Cochlear Ltd, with the technology company closing a $10 million capital raising, managed by Henslow. Founded in 2017 by research scientists Dr Kate Lomas and Dr Elizabeth Williams, the company has designed a new type of…
It takes a village to make any complex thing. It can be done here, but the job would be slightly easier if more companies looked locally for their supply chain and if potential suppliers did a better job of marketing themselves. By Brent Balinski.
